Geology & Oceanography

Ideal for a university level, one-semester Introductory Remote Sensing course as well as an Introductory Airphoto Interpretation course.

This book introduces the fundamental principles of remote sensing from an earth resource perspective. It reviews the nature of electromagnetic radiation and how the reflected or emitted energy in the visible, near-infrared, middle-infrared, thermal infrared, and microwave portions of the spectrum can be collected by a variety of sensor systems and analyzed. Emphasis in this book is placed on manual, visual image analysis of the remote sensor data using introductory photogrammetric techniques. This book is a companion volume to Dr. Jensen's widely-adopted Introductory Digital Image Processing (Prentice-Hall, Inc., 2nd Edition, 1996).

• Documents the history of photography and other remote sensing detectors, and aerial platforms (balloon, kite, aircraft, satellite) so that the reader can appreciate the great strides that have taken place in sub-orbital and orbital remote sensing science. a multidisciplinary approach places emphasis on how to remotely sense fundamental biophysical characteristics of the terrain such as precise location (x,y), height-depth (z), temperature, moisture content, chlorophyll content, surface roughness, etc., for vegetation, soils, minerals, water, ice and the atmosphere.

  • Enables readers from many disciplines such as geography, agriculture, forestry, marine science, and geology to adapt the remote sensing principles and technology to their own application. Ex.___

• Provides case studies in most chapters that demonstrate the proper application of remote sensing principles and technology.

  • Highlights practical applications of principles taught in the book. Ex.___

• Includes hundreds of specially designed illustrations that communicate principles in an easily understood manner. The large 8 1/2 x 11 in. format with 32 pages of color facilitates image interpretation.

 1. Remote Sensing of the Environment


 2. Electromagnetic Radiation Principles


 3. History of Aerial Photography and Aerial Platforms


 4. Aerial Photography - Vantage Point, Cameras, Filters, and Film


 5. Elements of Visual Image Interpretation


 6. Photogrammetry


 7. Multispectral Remote Sensing Systems


 8. Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing


 9. Active and Passive Microwave, and LIDAR Remote Sensing


10. Remote Sensing of Vegetation


11. Remote Sensing of Water


12. Remote Sensing the Urban Landscape


13. Remote Sensing of Soils, Minerals, and Geomorphology


Index


Appendix A-Sources of Remote Sensing Information

Remote Sensing  (Geology & Oceanography)
Remote Sensing  (Geography & Atmospheric Sciences)

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  Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective, 2/E
  Jensen
  ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 608 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131889508 | ISBN-13: 9780131889507
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  For one-semester courses in Introductory Remote Sensing as well as Introductory Airphoto Interpretation.

  This widely adopted book introduces the fundamentals of remote sensing from an earth resource (versus engineering) perspective. Emphasis is on turning remote sensing data into useful spatial biophysical or socio-economic information that can be used to make decisions.

Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming
Mann & Kump
©2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 120 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0136044352 | ISBN-13: 9780136044352
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Geography Coloring Book, 3/E
Kapit
©2003 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 208 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131014722 | ISBN-13: 9780131014725
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Goode's Atlas, 21/E
Rand McNally
©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0136128246 | ISBN-13: 9780136128243
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Television for the Environment Earth Report Geography Videos on DVD (ValuePack component), 2/E
Television for the Environment
©2011 | Prentice Hall | DVD | Estimated Availability : 01/01/2010
ISBN-10: 0321662989 | ISBN-13: 9780321662989

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